How a Silly Record, Bad Costumes and a Good Song Make a Great Video
Geoffrey Countryman decided he wanted to set the very important record of “Most Star Wars Costume Changes in a One-Take Music Video;” he achieved his goal with 13 changes in the above video, although many of the costumes are hoodie-based. Honestly, I’m less interested in the record and more interested in the music video, which I find fantastic. The song is “Everything Changes,” from Countryman’s own band Eytan and the Embassy. It’s a great pop song, and the rapid-fire Star Wars costume switches make a perfect visual for the music. I wasn’t expecting to give the record-setting the “Impressive Act of Nerdery” tag, and I still won’t. But as an awesome Star Wars-themed music video? Hell yes I will. (Via Blastr)
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.